Viewing Event Record: Salisbury Court may be spherical?

Abstract

A passage in the prologue to Lewis Sharpe's 'The Noble Stranger,' performed at Salisbury Court and printed in 1640, refers to the playhouse: 'How many Starres deck this our little spheare.' The line may or may not be metaphorical.

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 1640 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: before 1640 (Source of claim: externally supplied)

Venues

Name
Salisbury Court

People

Name Event Role(s) Document Role(s)
Sharpe, Lewis playwright

Event Type

  • playhouse context